This volume was originally published in 1925 and is a digest of the law and practice of the Bedouin Courts, together with an account of desert life and customs.
Topics include: Tribal OrganizationApplication of TribalismSocial DistinctionsThe Tribal IdeaJudicial OrganizationEvidence and Bedouin LawBloodmoney: Sinai and Western DesertDebtsLand DisputesInheritanceTrial by OrdealWounds and DamagesLaws Relating to WomenThe Anomalous Position of Bedouin Law
"Mr Kennett, although he may have been tempted to deal weightily with a subject often so ponderous as the jurisprudence of a whole race, yet contrives to make his style and his subject matter as light as the desert sand…" Times Literary Supplement
Kerri Johnson, Maggie Shiffrar, Los Angeles) Johnson, Kerri (Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Psychology, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Psychology, University of California, Rutgers University) Shiffrar, Maggie (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology